This one goes in my personal sandwich hall of fame. We threw together a video of this sandwich on a whim a few months ago and it’s now up to 4 million views, so apparently it’s not just me that likes the bite of red onion with pesto mayo, juicy tomato, turkey, and greens on pillowy sun-dried tomato focaccia in a huge, heavily sauced handheld form.
How To Make This Sandwich
Step 1: Toast and Cut The Focaccia
Toast your bread at 400 degrees for 5-8 minutes (it’s just better). Then, keeping it sideways, cut the bread with a serrated knife horizontally through the middle.
Take the top piece off and set it aside. Keep the crumbly side facing up!
Step 2: Spread a Layer of Pesto Mayo
I use the Costco pesto mixed with mayo here, but this basil sauce is also A+!
Step 3: Add Your Sandwich Materials
I like turkey, tomato, sprouts or greens, and red onion.
Step 4: Dollop with a Little More Mayo
It seems weird, but I just dollop a bit more mayo right on top so you don’t have to tip your top piece of bread upside down and lose all the crumblies.
Step 5: Place the Top Piece Back On and Squish It Down
Nice and secure!
Step 6: Cut and Serve
That clean slice through the center is so satisfying!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of Trader Joe’s sun-dried tomato focaccia
- one 7-ounce package deli turkey
- 1 large tomato, thinly sliced
- one handful of greens – sprouts, microgreens, spinach, etc.
- a few pieces of thinly sliced red onion
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 1/4 cup pesto (I like the Costco brand pesto)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Toast the focaccia in the oven for 5-8 minutes.
- Mix the pesto and the mayo together in a small bowl to make a pesto mayo.
- Keeping the bread flat on a cutting board, turn your serrated knife sideways and slice horizontally through the center of the loaf. (You don’t want to flip the top and lose those yummy crumbles.) Keeping the top piece flat, set it aside.
- Layer the sandwich with pesto mayo, turkey, tomato, greens, red onion, and finish with dollops of pesto mayo. I dollop the top layer of pesto mayo directly on top of the greens and onions so that I don’t have to flip my top piece upside down to spread it on the bread.
- Gently press your top piece back on top of the sandwich. When it’s nice and secure, use a large knife to cut through the sandwich. I usually cut it down the middle and across 3 times for a total of 6 pieces. Serve and enjoy! This is sandwich goals.
